cabinet

noun14

1. •
   A storage closet either separate from, or built into, a wall.
2. •
   the senior ministers who meet together to set a government's direction and control its departments
3. •
   A group of advisors to a government or business entity.
4. •
   A cupboard.
5. •
   A museum display case.
6. •
   The upright assembly that houses a coin-operated arcade game, a cab.
7. •
   An enclosure for mechanical or electrical equipment.
8. •
   A cabinet-level agency in the executive branch; that is, an agency headed by a member of the governor's cabinet.
9. •
   A collection of art or ethnographic objects.
10. •
    (figurative) A source of valuable things; a storehouse.
11. •
    (historical) A size of photograph, specifically one measuring 3⅞" by 5½".

    • Holmes took a note of it. “One other question,” said he. “Was the photograph a cabinet?” — 1891
12. •
    (dialect) Milkshake.
13. •
    (no longer used) A small chamber or private room.

    • Philip passed some hours every day in his father's cabinet. — 1855
14. •
    (no longer used) A hut; a cottage; a small house.

    • Hearken a while from thy green cabinet, / The rural song of careful Colinet. — 1579